Where does “merinos” come from?

merinos (Romanian) comes from French mérinos, from Spanish merino, from Latin maiorinus, from Latin māior, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

merinos (Romanian): merino

Definitions

  1. merino

Ancestry of “merinos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmérinosmerino
2Spanishmerinomerino; a count who had jurisdiction over a...
3Latinmaiorinus—
4Latinmāiorancestors, forefathers; advanced in years, the aged; the elders
5Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Latin māior →